diff --git a/.changeset/major-roses-help.md b/.changeset/major-roses-help.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3c06792a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/major-roses-help.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: preserve location information for `await` wrappers
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/AwaitExpression.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/AwaitExpression.js
index 9fcc33287c..a3602bbce5 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/AwaitExpression.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/AwaitExpression.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export function AwaitExpression(node, context) {
 	// in dev, note which values are read inside a reactive expression,
 	// but don't track them
 	else if (dev && !is_ignored(node, 'await_reactivity_loss')) {
-		return b.call(b.await(b.call('$.track_reactivity_loss', argument)));
+		// don't use b.await here, this way we preserve location information
+		return b.call({ ...node, argument: b.call('$.track_reactivity_loss', argument) });
 	}
 
 	return argument === node.argument ? node : { ...node, argument };